russia has dead hand system, any attack on putin will trigger the dead hand.
most importantly USA doesn't want putin dead, because his next successor could be smarter and more brutal
most importantly USA doesn't want putin dead, because his next successor could be smarter and more brutal
Russia has 6000 warheads, so each western city and each silo and bunker can be targeted with more than one warhead
Also, do they invest enough to keep it working? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44165277
So, which 6,000 are you talking about?
>because his next successor could be smarter and more brutal
Why would they? Putin's actions, imo, seemed to be able rebuilding the greatness of the ussr, he's former KGB.
Maybe the next person would just be happy with power over one of the largest countries in the world. Plus the end of the war would make him quite popular with the general public
THAN release launch codes to every local military commander.
of course not